Lady Ricebirds shut out Clinton 14-0

The score looked more like one from a football game as the Stuttgart Lady Ricebird softball team jumped all over the Clinton Yellow Jackets on Monday night. The final score was Stuttgart 14, Clinton 0.

The score looked more like one from a football game as the Stuttgart Lady Ricebird softball team jumped all over the Clinton Yellow Jackets on Monday night. The final score was Stuttgart 14, Clinton 0.

Anna Coker was the first batter and reached on a walk. Two stolen bases later, Coker scored the first of six runs in the inning for Stuttgart on a passed ball by the Yellow Jackets. Jaelyn Maddox scored the second run after being driven home by Sam Davis on a single to third base. Haley Johnson then hit a line drive to right field for a triple which brought home Davis and Sydney Nash. Johnson scored when Johnna Seeman singled to left field. Stuttgart now led 5-0 with no outs in the first inning. Seeman eventually picked up the final run of the inning on a passed ball.

Maddox was pitching for Stuttgart and along with good defense held Clinton to only three batters in its half of the first inning.

Stuttgart picked up three more runs in the second inning as Maddox and Davis scored off a Nash double to centerfield. Ali White brought Nash home with a two-out single to shortstop. This put Stuttgart up 9-0 after only 1.5 innings.

The pitching and defense was in check again in the bottom of the second inning as only three Yellow Jacket batters came to the plate.

The bats slowed down a bit in the third inning as Stuttgart was only able to score one run. Nash picked up the run as Davis brought her home on a double to centerfield. This did not stop the Stuttgart defense as once again the Yellow Jackets were held to three batters in the inning.

Not happy with a 10-run lead, Stuttgart’s bats heated up again and added four runs to their score. Coker connected on a fly ball to deep left field for a triple which scored White and Mason Crawford. Coker quickly scored again as a passed ball left home plate open for the run.

Stuttgart did score one additional run as Seeman scored Davis on a grounder to third base.

Maddox pitched another complete game and gave up only one hit in five innings. Maddox also had three walks and two strikeouts.

Davis was the leading batter as she had four hits on four at bats with six RBIs and three runs scored. Nash had three hits with one RBI and three runs scored. There was a lot of base stealing in the game with Coker, Maddox, Nash, Seeman and White stealing two each and Crawford snagging one.

The final box score had Stuttgart scoring 14 runs on 14 hits and committing one error. Clinton had no runs on one hit and was error free for the game.

Page 2 of 2 - The Lady Ricebirds will be back in action on Tuesday night as they host Woodlawn. First pitch is at 4 p.m.